Cricket in Afghanistan is a popular sport in the country, which is represented internationally by the

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's border with the

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playing nation of

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has helped the game to take root. Pakistan's former batsman

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has coached the Afghan national team in the past. Afghanistan became a full member of the International Cricket Council on 22 June 2017, enabling the national team to participate in official Test matches. Afghanistan's playing season runs from May to September. There are 320 cricket clubs and 6 turf wickets in Afghanistan. In February 2017, the

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(ICC) awarded first-class status to Afghanistan's four-day domestic competition. They also granted

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status to their existing

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domestic competition, as Afghanistan did not have a domestic 50-over tournament. In May 2017 however, the ICC recognised the 50-over Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament by granting it List A status.

History

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was first played in Afghanistan during the 19th century

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s, with

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troops reported to have played in

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in 1839. However, unlike many countries, no lasting cricket legacy was left by the British, and it would be more than a hundred years before cricket returned. In the 1990s, cricket became popular amongst

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, and the Afghanistan Cricket Federation was formed there in 1995. They continued to play cricket on their return to their home country in late 2001. Like all sports, cricket was originally banned by the

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, but it became an exception in 2000, and the Afghanistan Cricket Federation was elected as an affiliate member of the ICC the following year.Timeline of Afghanistan cricket
at CricketEurope The

's 21-run win over

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in Krugersdorp earned them official

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status in April 2009. The team qualified for the

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. Today, cricket is one of the most popular sports in Afghanistan, and the Afghanistan team has made quick progress in the international world of cricket.

Administration

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(ACB) is the official

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of the sport of

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. Its current headquarters is in

, Afghanistan. The Afghanistan Cricket Board is Afghanistan's representative at the

and was an associate member of ICC from June 2013 to 2017. Now, it is one of the full members of ICC since 2017. It is also a member of the

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National teams

The

is governed by the

(ACB) and is a member of the

(ACC). Since 2017, the ACB has been affiliated with ICC, the international governing body for world cricket. In 1910, the ACB became one of the members of the ACC.

Performance

The following list includes the performance of all of Afghanistan's national teams at major competitions.

Men's senior team

The

represents the country of

in international

matches. The national team was formed in 1910, immediately after took part in Pakistan domestic circuit after being invited in 2001, which played in the 2009 World Cup QualifierAfghanistan and Uganda seal place in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier
, ICC Media Release, 31 January 2009 after rising rapidly through the

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, starting in Division Five in May 2008.WCL Division Five Official Site
They play in the Elite division of the

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.Profile of Afghanistan
at the ACC website Afghanistan's 21-run win over

in Krugersdorp earned them official

status. Afghanistan won their first One Day International against

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. In 2011, the team qualified for the

Women's senior team

The Afghanistan national women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of

in international

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matches. The team was formed in 2010, drawing on players mostly from

. Although the team is yet to play representative cricket, it had been scheduled to take part in the 2011 ACC Women’s Twenty20 in

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, which ran from 17 – 25 February. The team was forced to withdraw from the tournament before travelling to Kuwait due to elements in Afghanistan opposing women's participation in sport

Men's U-19 team

Afghanistan national under-19 cricket team represents the country of

in U-19 international cricket. Afghanistan finished second in the 2009 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier which was held in

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. The team gained victories over the under-19 teams of Sierra Leone,

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, the

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, the

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. The team lost just two matches to

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and

. Afghanistan have finished fourth in 2011 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier which gained them qualification to

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Afghanistan A team

Affiliated Province Cricket Associations

There are currently 34 provincial cricket associations affiliated with ACB

Regional domestic teams

Afghanistan Domestic Cricket Teams Regions

* Region: Amo **

Balkh Province Balkh (Dari and , ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It is divided into 15 districts and has a population of about 1,509,183, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a Persian-speaking society. The city o ...

Kunduz Province Kunduz () is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northern part of the country next to Tajikistan. The population of the province is around 1,136,677, which is mostly a tribal society; it is one of Afghanistan's most ethnically ...

Badakhshan Province Badakhshan Province (Dari: بدخشان) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower and Upper C ...

Takhar Province Takhar (Dari/Pashto: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeast of the country next to Tajikistan. It is surrounded by Badakhshan in the east, Panjshir in the south, and Baghlan and Kunduz in the west. The ...

Baghlan Province Baghlan ( Dari and ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan and located in northeastern Afghanistan. As of 2020, the province has a population of about 1,014,634. Its capital is Puli Khumri, but its name comes from the other major town in t ...

** Samangan Province **

Sar-e Pol Province Sar-e-Pol, also spelled Sari Pul (), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It borders Ghor and Bamyan to the south, Samangan to the east, Balkh and Jowzjan to the north, and Faryab to the w ...

Jowzjan Province Jowzjan, sometimes spelled Jawzjan or Jowzjan () is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan. The province is divided into 11 districts and contains hundreds of villag ...

Faryab Province Faryab (Dari,Pashto : فاریاب) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, which is located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan. It has a population of about 1,109,223, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a ...

* Region: Band-e-Amir **

Ghazni Province Ghazni (; ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in southeastern Afghanistan. The province contains 19 Districts of Afghanistan, districts, encompassing over a thousand villages and roughly 1.3 million people, making it the 5th most ...

Bamyan Province Bamyan, also spelled Bamiyan, Bāmīān or Bāmyān (), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan with the city of Bamyan as its center, located in central parts of Afghanistan. The terrain in Bamyan is mountainous or semi-mountainous ...

Parwan Province Parwan also spelled Parvan () is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is the largest province of the Greater Parwan region and has a population of about 751,000. The province is multi-ethnic and mostly rural society. The province is divid ...

Panjshir Province Panjshir (Dari: , literally "Five Lions," pronounced /pand͡ʒʃeːɾ/, also spelled as Panjsher) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country containing the Panjshir Valley. The provinc ...

Daykundi Province Daikundi (Dari/) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of about 516,504 people, who are mostly peasants, traders, and shop owners. Daikundi falls into the traditionall ...

Maidan Wardak Province Wardak is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in central Afghanistan. Its capital is the closest provincial city to Kabul. Wardak Have 8 District. Wardak or Wardag (Dari/Pashto: ), is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in ...

* Region: Boost ** Kandahar Province **

Helmand Province Helmand (Pashto language, Pashto/Dari language, Dari: ; ), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the south of the country. It is the largest province by area, covering ...

Herat Province Herat ( Dari: هرات) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the western part of the country. Together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the north-western region of Afghanistan. Its primary city a ...

Farah Province Farah (Pashto :فرَاه /) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southwestern part of the country on the border with Iran. It is a spacious and sparsely populated province, divided into eleven Districts of Afghanistan, dist ...

Ghor Province Ghōr, also spelled Ghowr or Ghur (), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in the western Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan, towards the northwest. The province contains eleven Districts of Afghanistan, districts, en ...

Badghis Province Bādghīs () is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northwest of the country, on the border with Turkmenistan. It is considered to be one of the country's most underdeveloped provinces, with the highest poverty rate. T ...

Urozgan Province Uruzgan (Pashto: ; Dari: ), also spelled as Urozgan or Oruzgan, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. Uruzgan is located in the center of the country. The population is 436,079, and the province is mostly a tribal society. Tarinkot ...

Nimruz Province Nimruz or Nimroz (Balochi language, Balochi: ; Dari, Pashto language, Pashto: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southwestern part of the country. It lies to the east of the Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran and nor ...

Zabul Province Zabul (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the south of the country. It has a population of 249,000. Zabul became an independent province from neighbouring Kandahar in 1963. Historically, it was part of the Zab ...

* Region: Mis Ainak **

Khost Province Khost (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan located in the southeastern part of the country. Khost consists of thirteen districts and the city of Khost serves as the capital of the province. Historically, Khost used to be a par ...

Logar Province Logar (Pashto/Dari: لوگر) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern section of the country. It is divided into 7 districts and contains hundreds of villages. Puli Alam is the capital of the province. As of 2021, Logar ...

Paktia Province Paktia (Pashto – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly 623,00 ...

Paktika Province Paktika (Pashto: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000 residents, who are mostly ethnic Pashtuns but sma ...

* Region: Spin Ghar **

Nangarhar Province Nangarhār (Pashto: ; Dari: ), also called Nangrahar or Ningrahar, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country and Border, bordering Logar Province, Logar, Kabul Province, Kabul, Laghman Province, Laghm ...

Laghman Province Laghman (Persian language, Persian/Pashto: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It has a population of about 502,148, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. Laghman hosts a large numbe ...

Kapisa Province Kapisa ( ; Dari and Pashto: ''Kāpisā'') is the smallest of Afghanistan, Afghanistan's thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, provinces and is located in the north-east of the country. It has an estimated population of 523,201 people and an area ...

Kunar Province Kunar (Pashto: ; Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. Its population is estimated to be 508,224. Kunar's major political groups include Wahhabis or Ahl-e- ...

Nuristan Province Nuristan, also spelled as Nurestan or Nooristan (Pashto: ; Katë: ), is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It is divided into seven districts and is Afghanistan's least populous province, with a ...

* Region:

Organisation of cricket in modern Afghanistan

International cricket

Men's National Team

The

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represents

in international cricket matches. Afghanistan have been participating in international cricket since 2001 and competed in international tournament since 2004. They have competed in numerous tournaments over the years including the ACC tournaments. The Afghanistan national cricket team has also provided some of the greatest players to the world, the biggest example of which is Rashid Khan. The Afghanistan men's national team is currently ranked No. 11th in Tests, No. 8th in ODIs and at 10th position in T20Is. Afghanistan best performance in

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was the latest 2023 world cup under the captaincy of

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. *Test International- Afghanistan made their debut as a Test playing nation in 2018 against

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. In past time, Afghanistan rarely play test and won it. But in recent years they are playing more test matches and winning it to. *One Day International- -Afghanistan played their first ODI International in 2009 against

. They were not able to participate in first edition of

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. But from

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they have been continuisly participating and improving in every upcoming world cup *T20 International- Afghanistan played their first T20 International in 2010 against

. Afghanistan have made great impact in T20 international from their early day of this format. They have been in semis of recent

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Domestic Cricket

First Class competition

* Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament * Mirwais Nika 3-Day Tournament

Limited overs competitions

* Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament * Green Afghanistan One Day Cup

Twenty20 competitions

* Shpageeza Cricket League * Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup Afghanistan's domestic structure originally consisted of a 25- over Inter-Provincial Tournament, which had the participation of 22

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in the tournament. The aim of the tournament was to spread the game across the country and to generate a greater depth of talent for the national team to select from. The best players from the tournament were selected players for Afghanistan A and under-19 teams based on their performance and would be sent for training and coaching to

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The top two teams from the 12-team first round advanced to the next round. The top six from the tournament then contested a 50 over tournament in

. The 50 over tournament in May 2010 was won by Kabul Province. Starting in 2011, Afghanistan's domestic cricket structure has grown. The expanded Inter-Provincial Tournament was reorganized into a 50 over tournament and divided into a Challenge Cup section (the Etisalat ODN Challenge Cup with 20 provincial teams) and an Elite Cup section (with 12 provincial teams; 4 of them qualifiers from the Challenge Cup section). In addition to the Inter-Provincial cricket the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has divided the provinces of Afghanistan in to 5 Cricket Regions to enable the better management of the game. The Regions are Amo in the north (centered on

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), Spin Ghar in the east (centered on Nangarhar), Band-e-Amir in the centre (centered on

), Mis Ainak in the southeast (centered on

Khost Khōst () is the capital of Khost Province in Afghanistan. It is the largest city in the southeastern part of the country, and also the largest in the region of Loya Paktia. To the south and east of Khost lie Waziristan and Kurram Agency, Kurram i ...

) and Boost in the west and southwest (centered on

Kandahar Kandahar is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city, after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118 in 2015. It is the capital of Kandahar Pro ...

). The 5 regions in turn have representative teams which play in all traditional 3 formats of cricket. In addition to an expansion of the inter-provincial tournament from 25-over matches to 50-over matches and the addition of the T-20 and multi-day formats, cricket in Afghanistan has now expanded across the provinces as well; 32 of the 34 provinces now have representative sides.Cricinfo Magazine – Where do Afghanistan go next?
/ref> All provinces except

Daykundi Daikundi (Dari/) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of about 516,504 people, who are mostly peasants, traders, and shop owners. Daikundi falls into the traditionall ...

and Farah have a representative team, while the ACB recognizes Afghan RefugeesDomestic cricket: Teams
,

and Koochian (Nomads) as provincial teams. The three-day league competition was expanded into a four-day league in 2014-15. The UAE-based telecommunications company,

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is now one of the main sponsors of Afghanistan's cricket, including being then title sponsor in Afghanistan's division 2 inter-provincinal challenge cup and the Etisalat Sixes T20 Tournament. Starting from the 2017 season, Afghanistan has a four-day first-class competition ( Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament), a 50-over

competition ( Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament) and a recognized

league (Shpageeza Cricket League). In 2019, an additional 3-day first-class event ( Mirwais Nika Provincial 3-Day) and a List A event ( Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup) were launched for individual provinces to compete in. In March 2024, the ACB launched a new T20 cricket competition named Qosh Tepa National T20 Cup involving regional teams, with the

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taking place in April 2024.

Stadiums

Active stadiums

Performance By Afghanistan national team in International competitions

Men's team

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ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier

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* 2009–10: Winners * 2011–13: Runners-up * 2015-17: Winners

ICC World Cricket League

* 2008 ** Division Five winners **

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winners * 2009 **

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winners * 2010 ** Division One 3rd Place *2011–13 **

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Runners Up

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Asian Games

ACC Premier League

* 2014: Winners

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* 1996–2002: Not eligible, not an ACC Member *

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: 6th place *

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: 3rd place *

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: 3rd place (Elite) *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

: Winners (Elite)

Desert T20 Challenge

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: Winners

Middle East Cup

* 2006: Runners-up

ACC Twenty20 Cup

Men's U-19 team

U-19 World Cup

Men's A team

ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup

References

External links

Afgcric siteAfghanistan CricketAfghan pages on asiancricket.org
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History

Administration

National teams

Performance

Men's senior team

Women's senior team

Men's U-19 team

Afghanistan A team

Affiliated Province Cricket Associations

Regional domestic teams

Organisation of cricket in modern Afghanistan

International cricket

Men's National Team

Domestic Cricket

First Class competition

Limited overs competitions

Twenty20 competitions

Stadiums

Active stadiums

Performance By Afghanistan national team in International competitions

Men's team

ICC Cricket World Cup The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is a quadrennial world cup for cricket in One Day International (ODI) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament is one of the world's most viewed sporting events and consid ...

ICC T20 World Cup The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, ...

ICC Champions Trophy The ICC Champions Trophy, formerly known as the ICC Knock Out Trophy, is an international One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by international men's teams. Inaugurat ...

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Intercontinental Cup The ICC Intercontinental Cup was a first-class cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as part of its cricket development programme. It was designed to allow List of International Cricket Council members, Associ ...

ICC World Cricket League

Asia Cup The Men's Asia Cup is the biennial cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council. The competition is contested by Asian members' senior men's national cricket teams, determining the continental champion of Asia. It was establis ...

Asian Games

ACC Premier League

ACC Trophy The ACC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Open only to List of International Cricket Council members, associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was con ...

Desert T20 Challenge

Middle East Cup

ACC Twenty20 Cup

Men's U-19 team

U-19 World Cup

Men's A team

ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup

See also

References

External links